Matthew and I were talking, if we have this opportunity, how sick would it be to do something? This was months ago. If we were both on the same team in Montreal, how sick would that be? So we were joking around about it. And then at the start of the tournament, we got to know [Miller] and he was an awesome guy. And we just joked around like, “Oh, we gotta do something nuts.” In Montreal, we’re the villains.

And then we go down for a nap, and I just remember I was about to fall asleep, Matthew was about to fall asleep, and all of  a sudden our phones pop up, and Millsy texts “are we serious about starting tonight?” because that’s what we were joking about, all three of us started and then we’re going right away. I think Matts and I facetimed, saying we gotta keep this going.

We get to the game, and I was still thinking maybe it’s not gonna happen, we’d been joking about it. And then we find out at the four-minute mark going onto the ice for the anthem who they’re starting. And then Matthew’s like “Alright, I got my guy”. And then he pulled me aside to say “After [my fight], you’re going to the bench, grab [Sam Bennett]. And then Millsy’s got Colton Parayko because he asked him in warm ups.

I’m not gonna lie, I was so nervous for Matthew’s flight, because I’m like, “Okay, center ice, I can’t have you getting your ass kicked.” I was trying to like give him advice, but all I could say was, “Yeah, f—ing right, yeah!” I was so nervous before, then that happened and I was like, “I might not be able to wait to the whistle”. I just have to go right now, I’m so fired up.

I went to the bench, asked Benny, and it was pretty funny. Benny was like, “yeah”, looks back at [Jon Cooper] and is like, “I’m going” and Coops just nodded his head, and I’m like “alright, here we go.”